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Prime Minister Narendra Modi - file image.

Defence and growth anchor PM Modi’s budget vision

February 16, 2026, 08:23 AM - 4 min read

Reflecting on previous administrations, the Prime Minister alleged that historical economic mismanagement had weakened India’s negotiating capacity, noting that past negotiations often broke down without substantial achievements.

Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu - file image.

RDG slash makes 2026-27 budget a tightrope for Sukhu

February 15, 2026, 06:51 PM - 5 min read

While the state government that finds itself handicapped to go ahead with the planned budget for 2026-27 in the wake of RDG withdrawal has been left cribbing, calling it grave injustice by the Centre with mountain states like Himachal, the BJP is counter blaming the Congress government for not putting forth the view point before the Finance Commission effectively.

Motion row peaks as Parliament takes break

February 13, 2026, 09:56 PM - 5 min read

Parliament's Budget Session Phase 1 ends amid row over India-US trade deal & Naravane memoir; adjourns till March 9. Centre backs Dubey motion against Rahul; he meets farmers to plan stir.

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned, to reconvene on March 9

February 13, 2026, 01:21 PM - 2 min read

Despite the chaotic atmosphere, which included disruptions stemming from Rahul Gandhi being barred from quoting the former Army Chief on the 2020 India-China conflict, the Lok Sabha managed to pass ‘The Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026’ on Thursday after prolonged debate.

The government is set to present a Vote on Account rather than a full budget, as its current term runs until mid-May

Bengal budget session: Governor’s address comes amid sloganeering

February 5, 2026, 01:56 PM - 2 min read

Soon after the session began, members of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) raised chants of “Jai Bangla,” while BJP legislators responded with “Bharat Mata Ki Jai,” filling the assembly hall with counter-slogans

Constitutional expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general, P D T Achary, termed the passage of the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address without the customary reply by the prime minister as an “unprecedented development”

In a first, LS clears Motion of Thanks without PM’s speech

February 5, 2026, 01:44 PM - 2 min read

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not present in the House when Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, put the amendments moved by the Opposition to the Motion of Thanks to vote, which were subsequently rejected

Both Houses of Parliament are scheduled to resume discussion on the motion of ‘Thanks to the President’s Address’ during the ongoing Budget Session, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to reply in the Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks

Oppn to protest in RS against objection to Rahul Gandhi’s speech

February 5, 2026, 11:46 AM - 3 min read

In line with the floor strategy, that INDIA bloc MPs discussed today in the presence of Gandhi at the office of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the Opposition’s protests are set to continue for allegedly preventing Rahul Gandhi from addressing the Lower House and citing former Army Chief General MM Naravane’s unpublished memoir on the 2020 China standoff

Both sides are now working to complete technicalities involved in the process, after which elaborate details of the deal will be announced, Goyal said

Agri, dairy sectors ‘completely protected’ in trade deal: Goyal

February 4, 2026, 01:05 PM - 3 min read

Throwing light on the deal’s details, Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal, said it had been finalised after months of negotiations undertaken painstakingly by officials of both countries, leading to US administration reducing tariffs on India-made goods to 18 per cent from the previous 50 per cent

The war of words started when BJP leader Bittu was passing by protesting MPs at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament, and commented on them saying: “They are sitting as if they won a war.”

War of words: Rahul Gandhi calls Ravneet Bittu ‘traitor’

February 4, 2026, 12:35 PM - 2 min read

The war of words started when BJP leader Bittu was passing by protesting MPs at the Makar Dwar of the Parliament, and commented on them saying: “They are sitting as if they won a war.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to reply today to the motion of thanks to the President’s address

LS adjourned amid protest against MPs’ suspension

February 4, 2026, 12:08 PM - 3 min read

The opposition members were suspended from the Lok Sabha for violating rules and “throwing papers on the chair” following uproar in the House over Congress leader and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on mentioning a specific reference to the 2020 standoff with China in eastern Ladakh

Alleging that Prime Minister Modi “has been compromised” and that Indian farmers must understand their hard work “as well as their blood and sweat” has been “sold out” through the India-US trade deal, he went on to add that the entire country had been “sold out”.

PM ‘sold out’ farmers’ hard work: Rahul Gandhi on trade deal

February 3, 2026, 03:23 PM - 3 min read

Addressing the media in the Parliament House complex after he was not allowed to speak on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha for citing former Army chief MM NAravane’s unpublished “memoir”, Rahul Gandhi said he had authenticated the magazine article

Leader of the House, J P Nadda, explained that US President Donald Trump had informed about the reduction in tariffs on Indian goods through a post on social media and also spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Budget session: Oppn stages walkout; demands talk on trade deal

February 3, 2026, 01:59 PM - 4 min read

Soon after the zero hour ended, Congress leader, Jairam Ramesh, alleged that information about the trade deal was being received from Washington instead of Indian officials, which was a matter of embarrassment